Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119): Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female was 33.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119), 1987–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) stood at 33.5%. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) peaked at 33.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 26.1%, in 1987.
ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) ranks 166th of 221 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 26.1% | — |
| 1988 | 26.2% | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 27.1% | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 27.3% | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 26.8% | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 26.9% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 27.4% | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 28.9% | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 29.1% | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 30.2% | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 29.7% | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 29.7% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 29.2% | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 28.4% | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 28.5% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 28.6% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 28.6% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 28.1% | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 27.4% | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 27.2% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 27.4% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 28.1% | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 28.3% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 30.0% | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 30.8% | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 31.7% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 31.6% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 31.7% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 32.1% | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 31.8% | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 31.9% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 32.6% | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 33.1% | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 33.5% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 26.5% | 26.1% | 27.1% | 3 |
| 1990s | 27.7% | 26.8% | 29.1% | 6 |
| 2000s | 28.8% | 27.4% | 30.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.9% | 27.2% | 32.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.6% | 31.8% | 33.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
More education data for ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) -0.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 3.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) -0.0818 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, female (number) 3.64 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 21.00 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 1.48 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 22.77 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)?
- Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) was 33.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)?
- The highest recorded value was 33.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female recorded in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.1% in 1987.
- How does ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) rank for percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female?
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) ranks 166th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female rising or falling in ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release